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Superintendent says the state of Texas has failed to adequately and equitably fund Texas public education. The Northside ISD Board of Trustees Tuesday night voted to join hundreds of school districts across the state in challenging the constitutionality of the current school funding system.

TRS executives and trustees will meet with active and retired members on from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, in Austin to discuss an update on the condition of TRS-Care, the TRS retiree health care program that serves more than 200,000 retired Texas educators.

Students in Northside ISD will celebrate freedom and democracy throughout this week, with ceremonies being held at campuses all over Northside ISD to honor those who have fought and served to protect our country.

Northside ISD was officially formed in 1949, but the history of the school district goes back much further. A new permanent exhibit at the NISD Museum pays homage to the 12 pioneer schools that came together more than 60 years ago to create Northside Independent School District.

School trustees voted to honor the District’s heritage by naming the “Bandera Road north area” elementary school after one of the 12 original rural schools that joined together in 1949 to create Northside ISD. Funded by School Bond 2007, Los Reyes Elementary will be the only school to open in 2012. It is located north on Bandera Road, outside Loop 1604 in the Triana subdivision. The address is 10785 Triana Pkwy.

NISD Board President Karen Freeman has been elected to a three-year term on the TexasAssociationofSchoolBoards (TASB) Board of Directors, representing TASB Region 20B. The region encompasses 15 counties in Central Texas and includes 50 school districts with 500 schools, 40,000 total staff (of which 20,000 are teachers), and over 300,000 students.

Northside ISD has launched its own website to provide as much information as possible about the state’s new standardized test system, called STAAR, which stands for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.

Since Neff Middle School, Glenoaks Elementary School, and Westwood Terrace Elementary School opened 50 years ago, the schools have educated thousands of children and become cornerstones in the community.

Bobby Blount, a Northside ISD Board of Trustee since 1999, received the 2011 Celebration of Leadership Outstanding Alumni Award from the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) during its annual conference this past weekend.

KENS-TV anchor Deborah Knapp made a surprise visit to Carnahan Elementary School this week to bestow longtime teacher Melissa Licata with the ExCEL Award, which recognizes outstanding educators in the greater San Antonio area.

Mead Elementary School Teacher Kerry Haupert, who has devoted the past three years of her life to working with refugee students, couldn’t stop the tears after she was named Northside ISD’s 2011 Innovator of the Year.

The Northside ISD Board of Trustees Tuesday night approved a $1.013 billion budget and a 1-cent tax increase for the 2011-12 school year. The tax rate will rise from $1.3655 to $1.3755 in order to pay off bonds for new schools and renovation and expansion projects. Despite the increase, the tax rate is 6 cents lower than what was projected when voters passed School Bond 2010.

The Railroad Commission of Texas presented Northside ISD with a check for more than $2 million Wednesday to help pay for propane-fueled school buses as well as upgrades to the District's propane fueling stations.